Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the use of suspension modifications in motor vehicles.

Highlights:

• Defines "private passenger automobile" as a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers on public roads and highways (Sec. 1.a).

• Prohibits a private passenger automobile from being modified or altered by (Sec. 1.d): 

• Elevating the automobile more than 3 inches from the manufacturer's specified height in the front; and

• Lowering the automobile more than 2 inches from the manufacturer's specified height in the rear. A private passenger automobile modified or altered in violation of this law will not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area.

• Requires the Division to revoke the license of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction for any of the following offenses (Sec. 2.a):

• A third or subsequent conviction of operating a private passenger automobile with prohibited modifications on any highway or public vehicular area;

• A conviction for violating G.S. 20-135.4 (d) is a third or subsequent conviction if at the time of the current infraction the person has two or more previous convictions under G.S. 20-135.4 that occurred in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the current infraction.

• Specifies a license is suspended under G.S. 20-17(a)(17), the period of revocation will be not less than one year (Sec. 3).

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